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Proto: an ancient language, mother to many tongues

Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:31:36
Publish Date: 2025-05-30 20:11:00
Description: Thousands of miles apart, people who speak English, Icelandic or Iranic use more or less the same words: star, stjarna, stare. All three of these languages - and hundreds more - share a single ancient ancestor, spread by ancient peoples far and wide. 
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